Improvement in washing-machines



C. WAT SUN.

Washing-Machines.

Patented March 4, 1873.

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IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACl-HNES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,474, dated March 4,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS WATSON, of White Cloud, in the county ofDoniphan and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a detail vertical section of my improved washing-machinetaken through the line 00 w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a detail verticalcross-section of the same taken through the line 3 y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa detail view of one of the blocks in which the journals of the rollerswork.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of thatclass of washing-machines in which the clothes are washed by passingthem back and forth between a pair of rollers connected with the box ortub; and it consists in the combination of the spring andconnecting-rods with the journals of the upper roller and with the boxor tub, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the box or tub of the machine, the sides and ends of which arevertical, and its bottom a inclines downward from the center toward eachend, as shown in Fig. 1. The box A is provided with legs B of such alength as to raise the machine to a convenient height. 0 is the lowerroller, which is made smooth, and its journals revolve in hearings inthe blocks D, the lower ends of which are notched, as shown in Figs. 1and 3, to rest upon the angle of the bottom a. The blocks D areconnected and held in their proper relative positions by cross-bars E,the ends of which are secured to the lower parts of the side edges ofthe said blocks D. The lower edges of the cross-bar E are beveled 011'to rest and fit upon the inclined bottom a. The upper edges of thecross-bars E overlap the sides of the lower roller 0, to prevent theclothes from working in beneath said lower roller 0. The upper edges ofthe cross-bars E are beveled off so and down to adjust itself to thevarying thickness of clothes that may be passing between the rollers GF. The upper roller F is corrugated or fluted, as shown in Figs. 1 and2. The journals of the upper roller F project, and to one of them isattached the crank G, by which the machine is operated. H are verticalconnecting-rods, which are placed in vertical grooves in the sides ofthe box A, and upon their upper ends are formed hooks, which hook overthe journals of the upper roller F.

Upon the lower ends of the rods H are formed cross-heads, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, to receive the ends of the spring I, which ends arenotched longitudinally to receive the bodies of the rods H, and are bentdownward to form hooks to hook upon the cross-heads of the said rods H.The middle part of the spring I is secured to the middle part of thecross-bar J, the ends of which are attached to the lower edges of thesides of the box A. The lower side of the cross-bar J is beveled orinclined from its middle part toward its ends, so that it may notinterfere with the movements of the spring I.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of tub A having bottom incliningdownward from the center, the smooth roller 0 arranged betweenoverlapping cross-bars E E and'journaled in notched blocks D D, thefluted roll F having crank G and arranged in open slots of blocks D, andthe spring-connected rods I H, all applied together as and for thepurpose described.

Witnesses: CYRUS WATSON.

U. S. KEITH, E. A. WELTY.

ATNT OFFICE-

